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JOHN A MERCURIO
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 27, 1949 – November 26, 1967
Service recordJohn A Mercurio, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 93
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 93
- DONALD HENRY MIKULECKYSergeant · November 26, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- DIEGO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · November 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PAUL BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 30E, Line 88
- DIEGO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 93
- CHARLES BENNETT STIGALLPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 94
- ROBERT DWIGHT TAYLORMaster Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 95
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.